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What a season it was for Coach John Bruns’ Blooming Prairie High School girls basketball team.
The Blossom girls finished one game away from making the Class A State Girls basketball Tournament, losing to Fillmore Central, 69-56 in the Section 1A championship game.
The Blossoms finished 21-6...
After reaching the section semifinals, the Owatonna boys’ basketball team performed even better off the court as they were recently chosen as the state academic team cham- pions for Class AAAA.
Upon learning about this honor, Head Coach Josh Williams said, “Iwas obviously excited and proud of...
There were some bittersweet moments for the 2019-20 edition of the Blooming Prairie High School boys basketball team.The Awesome Blos- soms finished 25-3 on the season, the most wins ever totaled by a Blooming Prairie boys basketball team. That’s the sweet.
The Blossoms won a trip to the Class...
It was a trip to the Class 1A State Boys Basketball Tournament that was earned by the Awesome Blossom boys basketball team but it will not be made as the team was knocked out before the tournament even began.
The Blossoms were knocked out of the tournament by the coronavirus. On Friday, all boys...
Senior Karson Vigeland was a starter on the state-bound Awesome Blossom basketball team when his season ended in early February.
Vigeland suffered a torn ACL when going up for a rebound against the Hayfield Vikings.
Vigeland was ready to face the Vikings again last Thursday, March 12, only this...
“It was a fun ride,” said a proud Blooming Prairie High School girls basketball Coach John Bruns when reflecting on the 2020 season.
The Awesome Blossom girls saw their season come to an end last Thursday night at the Mayo Civic Arena in Rochester in the Section 1A championship game against...
The scenario for the Blooming Prairie High School boys basketball team is the same for them as it was for the girls a week ago.
That scenario is thatthe Blossoms are one game away from reaching the state tournament for the second time in their history. The Blossom boys made it to the state...
After a slow start in a thrilling game on the Hayfield Viking boys basketball home court Feb. 7, Blooming Prairie's Awesome Blossoms used an aggressive defense to take command.
The Blossoms emerged victorious over the Vikings, 59-54. The victory upped the Blossoms' season record to 16-2, Gopher...
The Blooming Prairie Awesome Blossoms girls varsity basketball team sank five three-point shots in the first half to help catapult the Blossoms to a 52-47 victory over Hayfield Feb. 6.
The big Gopher Conference win pushed the Blossoms' season mark to 18-3 overall and to 10-2 in the conference....
Trailing by 12 points at halftime, the New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva (NRHEG) boys’ basketball team got within three points in the second half but couldn’t complete the comeback as they lost 74-79 to United South Central (USC) on Feb. 6.
NRHEG Head Coach Isaiah Lundberg said USC took...
